>Opposition lawmaker reportedly sneaked into Texas military base
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean lawmaker was reportedly caught sneaking into a U.S. military base in Texas late last month to interview a nursing officer believed to hold key information on a controversy over President Park Geun-hye's whereabouts during a ferry disaster in 2014.
The Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese daily, reported Friday Rep. Ahn Min-suk of the main opposition Democratic Party entered the military facility without authorization and was expelled immediately.
He allegedly tried to meet a South Korean nursing officer who worked at the presidential office in 2014.
The Sewol ferry, which sunk on April 16, 2014, was en route to the southern resort island of Jeju from Incheon, west of Seoul, with a total of 476 passengers. Most of the 304 dead were high school students on a field trip.
The daily added the U.S. government lodged a complaint to the Seoul government and parliament over the incident on Thursday.
A local diplomatic source said the U.S. delivered its stance, but it is not an official complaint.
Sources said the Democratic Party is looking into the details of the incident.
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